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‘Mere Pyare Prime Minister’ is about hope, inspiration born out of tragedy
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s ‘Mere Pyare Prime Minister’ deals with the sensitive issue of open defecation in India by narrating the story of an 8-year-old whose dreams of building a toilet for his mother lands him in front of the Prime Minister’s res
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Tripura gets Rs 20 crore boost from ONGC to become open defecation free
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) extended their support to Tripura government in making the state open defecation free.
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'All North-Eastern states will be open defecation free before Oct 2, 2019'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri while reviewing the progress of five flagship schemes for eight northeastern states announced that before October 2, 2019, the north-eastern states will be open defecation free.
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In UP's Singra-Singrahi village no toilets, no bride
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Nov 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Mission, aimed at building more toilets, especially in the rural part of the country to prevent open defecation and faecal pollution, is inspiring many families in Uttar Pradesh to commit thems
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'Mere Pyare Prime Minister' is much more than open defecation: Rakeysh Omp
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Panaji, (Goa) [India] Nov 27 (ANI): Speaking about his film 'Mere Pyare Prime Minister' at the 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra said it is much more than a film on open defecation.
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Jharkhand to soon become Open Defecation Free
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Rajmahal (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharati on Sunday said that with the present rate of sanitation coverage in Jharkhand, the state will become Open Defecation Free (ODF) on its upcoming foundation day, on November 15.
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Rajasthan minister urinates in public
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Oct 8 (ANI): While Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making efforts to make India open defecation free, Rajasthan minister Shambhu Singh Khetasar was caught urinating in public in Ajmer.
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Sanitation coverage in rural India increased rapidly after 2014: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): While addressing the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the sanitation coverage in rural areas has increased rapidly after his government came to power in 2014.
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Anti-open defecation campaign flagged off in Lucknow
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 12 (ANI): The Lucknow Municipal Corporation on Wednesday launched an anti-open defecation campaign, titled "Khule me shauch ki ghanti bajao - siti bajao" (whistleblowing campaign against open defection), in line with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's vi
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J-K: Udhampur becomes open defecation free district
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sep 10 (ANI): The district administration of Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Monday declared the whole district Open Defecation Free (ODF). A total of 75000 toilets have been constructed in all 230 panchayats of the district.
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'5 lakh community, 67 lakh household toilets to be constructed by end of 2
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 04 (ANI): Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri has said that the civic bodies of Delhi will achieve their physical target of constructing five lakhs community and 67 lakhs individual household toilets by the end of 2019.
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Continuous efforts required to make cities inclusive, resilient and sustai
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): The government released the 'Swachhta' (cleanliness) ranking for the year 2018. This year also, Indore was the number one 'Swachh' city ahead of 4202 cities in the country.
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